About Platform Specialty Products (NYSE:PAH)

Platform Specialty Products Corporation produces and sells specialty chemical products worldwide. It operates through two segments, Performance Solutions and Agricultural Solutions. The Performance Solutions segment offers a range of specialty chemicals, such as surface and coating materials, functional conversion coatings, electronic assembly materials, water-based hydraulic control fluids, and photopolymers. The Agricultural Solutions segment engages in the development, formulation, registration, marketing, and distribution of crop protection solutions, including BioSolutions products and seed treatments for various crops and applications. This segment also offers crop protection chemicals that control biotic stresses, such as fungicides, herbicides, and insecticides. It serves agricultural, animal health, electronics, graphics, plating, offshore oil and gas production, and drilling industries. The company was formerly known as Platform Acquisition Holdings Limited and changed its name to Platform Specialty Products Corporation in October 2013. Platform Specialty Products Corporation was founded in 1922 and is headquartered in West Palm Beach, Florida.

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Platform Specialty Products (NYSE:PAH) Frequently Asked Questions

What is Platform Specialty Products' stock symbol?

Platform Specialty Products trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "PAH."

How were Platform Specialty Products' earnings last quarter?

Platform Specialty Products Co. (NYSE:PAH) posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May, 3rd. The specialty chemicals company reported $0.21 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.19 by $0.02. The specialty chemicals company had revenue of $964.10 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $906.10 million. Platform Specialty Products had a negative net margin of 6.05% and a positive return on equity of 8.25%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 11.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $0.05 EPS. View Platform Specialty Products' Earnings History.

Are investors shorting Platform Specialty Products?

Platform Specialty Products saw a increase in short interest in April. As of April 13th, there was short interest totalling 28,116,854 shares, an increase of 20.3% from the March 30th total of 23,366,399 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 3,245,090 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 8.7 days. Currently, 10.8% of the company's stock are sold short.

Media stories about PAH stock have trended somewhat positive this week, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. The research firm ranks the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than 20 million news and blog sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Platform Specialty Products earned a coverage optimism score of 0.15 on Accern's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the specialty chemicals company an impact score of 47.56 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future.

How do I buy shares of Platform Specialty Products?

Shares of PAH can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

What is Platform Specialty Products' stock price today?

One share of PAH stock can currently be purchased for approximately $11.30.

How big of a company is Platform Specialty Products?

Platform Specialty Products has a market capitalization of $3.28 billion and generates $3.78 billion in revenue each year. The specialty chemicals company earns $-296,200,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or $0.76 on an earnings per share basis. Platform Specialty Products employs 7,850 workers across the globe.

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5 Wall Street analysts have issued ratings and price targets for Platform Specialty Products in the last 12 months. Their average twelve-month price target is $14.40, suggesting that the stock has a possible upside of 27.55%. The high price target for PAH is $17.00 and the low price target for PAH is $12.00. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus rating of "Buy."